Chair of Nursing

Job ID: 10075
Job Title: Chair of Nursing
Location: , AL

Nursing Chair

Requirements

• Master’s in nursing required; Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree preferred.
• Active, unencumbered registered nurse license for the state of Alabama.
• At least three years’ experience as a registered nurse.
• At least two years’ experience as a faculty member in a registered nursing education program.
• Experience with a practical nursing education program preferred.

Pay:
Compensation is determined based on the qualifications, experience, and circumstances of each hire. It is uncommon for new employees to start near the top of the salary range. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including a tuition waiver and reimbursement program, health insurance, paid time off, and a retirement savings plan with company match.

Summary of Primary Responsibilities

You will enjoy being a part of a student-centric, non-profit University that fosters autonomy and responds quickly to trends in the nursing field. Reporting to the Director of Campus Operations, you’ll have the opportunity to mentor and inspire experienced educators while overseeing a solid nursing program that successfully prepares our students for robust careers.

As a member of the academic leadership team, your responsibilities include hiring, training, developing and evaluating staff and faculty, and supervision of both faculty and staff, but extends to programmatic management as well. This may include data collection, analysis and reporting, and continuous improvement. Experience with programmatic accreditation is desired.

You will primarily be responsible for supervising Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, and support staff who have stepped up to the challenge of helping our students bridge the gap between the theory and practice in the nursing field. Our professional faculty engage tomorrow’s nurses with intimate class sizes, up-to-date labs and simulation environments, and real-life clinical rotations (off site).

COMPETENCIES

The following competencies, as identified by the University’s academic community, encompass the knowledge, skills, and behaviors essential to a Program Chair’s success. These will also provide the basis for Program Chair hiring, evaluation and professional development.

1. Engagement in the Curriculum Development Process
2. Communication
3. Support of Pedagogical Mastery
4. Operational Excellence
5. Utilization of Technology to Enhance Teaching, Learning, and Program Development
6. Promotion and Maintenance of a Positive Learning Environment and Department Culture
7. Continuous Improvement
8. Instructional Practice
9. Management/Supervision

Our client is committed to providing a diverse environment and is dedicated to fostering a culture and atmosphere of mutual respect. They provide an inclusive and collegial community where individuals are valued, heard and empowered to contribute to the effectiveness of the institution.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Ability to move about readily and rapidly, if necessary, around campus, classrooms, clinical settings, etc., to access classrooms, desks, students, office machinery, clinics, patients, etc.
• Constantly communicates using the spoken word with students, staff and colleagues.
• Visually or otherwise identify, observe and assess.
• Operate equipment specific to programmatic track, personal computer, audio-visual equipment, clinical equipment, etc.
• Travel to off-site meetings or conferences or to observe students during clinical education at off-site clinical settings.
• In addition to the above requirements, for programs that include a clinical component, all faculty must be able to:
• Stand and/or walk for extended periods of time.
• Ability to reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Finger dexterity required to manipulate objects.
• Ability to see and hear within normal parameters.
• Lift up to 25 pounds.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.